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There are porch pirates and then there are creative porch pirates.

A California man had items stolen from his front stoop but ended up getting the last laugh.

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Omar Gabriel Munoz of Sacramento, Calif., was looking at his surveillance system last week and was shocked to see someone inside a trash bag waddling up his entrance, then lumbering up to his doorstep to steal a package.

“You see the bag coming to my door,” Munoz told KXTV. “At first, I thought they were messing with me.”

Munoz said he received a notification that a package containing two phone chargers, worth about $10, had been delivered.

He got home but there was no package by the front door so Munoz checked his security footage and saw the trashy thief in action.

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“At first I was kinda angry, but when I saw the video again I was laughing because people [these] days have a lot of creativity,” Munoz said.

He added that he decided not to report the thefts because police “have more important things to do,” and Munoz just reordered the chargers.

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But Munoz said if ever confronted by the thief again he would tell them, “That was a good one.”

The good-natured homeowner added: “At the end of the day, it was kind of funny. I take everything in the good way because that’s part of life. If you see the bad way of everything, you’re going nowhere.”

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